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THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY 

OF THE 



COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA 



FIRST REPORT 
OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



TO THE 



COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY 



HEADQUARTERS 

FINANCE BUILDING, 1424 SOUTH PENN SQUARE 

PHILADELPHIA 



0. of D. 
AUG ' 16 1917 






THE 
COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC SAFETY 

of the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 



FIRST REPORT 

of the Executive Committee to the Committee 
of Public Safety 

"It would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first 
official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being 
who presides in the councils of nations, that His benedic- 
tion may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the 
people of the United States a government instituted by 
themselves. No people can be bound to acknowledge the 
invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than 
the people of the United States. Every step by which they 
have advanced to the character of an independent nation 
seems to have been distinguished by some token of provi- 
dential agency. There exists in the economy of nature an 
indissoluble union between an honest and magnanimous 
policy and public prosperity. Heaven can never smile on 
a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right. 
The preservation of liberty, and the destiny of the republi- 
can model of government, are justly considered as deeply, 
perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment intrusted to the 
American people."— From Washington's First Inaugural. 

The Executive Committee, in submitting the follow- 
ing summary of their preliminary activities, have thought 
it proper that Washington's words should constitute the 
foundation of this report. There can be no such thing 
as public safety unless the national affirmation "In God 
We Trust" becomes to the people of the United States 
something more than a mere form of words. 



THE COMMITTEE'S APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES 

The Committee of Public Safety appointed by the 
Governor of the Commonwealth met pursuant to call in 
the Governor's Reception Room at Harrisburg on Wed- 
nesday March 28, 1917. An organization w^as effected, 
officers elected, and the undersigned were chosen an 
executive body to act for the Committee between sessions. 

Immediately after the adjournment of this notable 
meeting the Executive Committee met and appointed a 
sub-committee of three to perfect the preliminary plan 
of organization and to nominate Directors for each of the 
various Departments of contemplated activity. 

DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 

To receive the report of the sub-committee, a meet- 
ing of the whole Executive Committee was held on April 
2d. The Governor sat with the Committee. The plan 
exhibited in the annexed chart was adopted and the 
persons indicated thereon were chosen Directors of De- 
partments. Both at this meeting and subsequently a 
number of Vice-Directors were chosen and assigned to 
important subdivisions of activity. The names of those 
thus far selected appear upon the chart. 

THE STATE APPROPRIATION 

At the meeting on April 2d it was determined to 
request the Legislature to make to the Governor an appro- 
priation of $2,000,000.00 to be available for expenditure 
in the interest of public safety. Just as compulsory 
service is the only fair and democratic principle on 
which to base a system of national defense, so it seemed 
to the Committee that the financial burden necessary to 
public safety should rest upon all citizens alike and not 
merely u,pon a few generous volunteers. Whatever sum 
the Legislature may appropriate will be administered with 
economy, to the extent that the Committee may be in 

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control of its expenditure. A consideration of the field 
which this report covers in bare outline will indicate the 
necessity for a considerable expenditure if the Commit- 
tee's work is to be prosecuted with effect. 

TEMPORARY FINANCING 

To meet the immediate need of the Committee for 
working capital and pending the passage of the appro- 
priation bill, the sum of $25,000.00 was generously 
advanced by Mr. E. T. Stotesbury. This advance has 
made it possible to secure headquarters suitable for effi- 
cient administration, to retain the services of competent 
publicity agents and to engage such clerical assistance as 
the volume of work makes necessary. All questions 
respecting the extent of financial aid to be furnished to 
local committees and the amount of money to be expended 
in the various fields of the Committee's work must remain 
unanswered till the Legislature has acted. 

THE WORK IN OUTLINE 

The function of the Committee is to provide for the 
safety of the Commonwealth in time of war. An ade- 
quate discharge of this duty may necessitate a wide 
range of activities and a large expenditure of money 
and effort. 

Three general principles have been recognized in 
laying plans : The importance of co-operating with the 
Federal Government in every possible way; the desir- 
ability of including in the Committee's plan all activities 
that have elsewhere proved useful in war time ; and the 
wisdom of delaying even work of pressing importance 
until it can be undertaken with a reasonable prospect of 
success. 

No doubt disappointment has been felt in many 
quarters that the Committee have not so far responded 
definitely to the tenders of personal service that have 

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been so generously made by individuals and by organiza- 
tions. The fact that it takes time and careful study to 
fit each volunteer into the niche in which he belongs is 
a fact that must not be overlooked. All tenders of service 
are being carefully recorded and as the work of the Com- 
mittee develops it is hoped that a useful outlet can be 
found for all or most of these patriotic manifestations. 

The Committee took an early opportunity to inform 
the Secretary of War that they had organized and were 
ready to cooperate with the Department, either directly 
or through the Advisory Commission to the Council of 
National Defense. The Secretary of War communicated 
with the Committee through Captain E. B. Cassatt, U. 
S. A. The Secretary's letter was as follows : 

"I am unable at thife moment to suggest definite 
lines of activity which would be useful for this 
distinguished Committee, chiefly because Congress 
has not yet acted upon the proposals of this Depart- 
ment for military legislation, and the things which 
the Federal Government is to do have not yet been 
separated from the things which it will be desirable 
to have done through the cooperation of State agen- 
cies. It has, however, become entirely clear that in 
this great work of organizing the Nation, the co- 
operation of committees representing the common- 
wealths of the country with the Council of National 
Defense will be very important, and I will be very 
glad to have the Chairman and his associates know 
that in a very few days, the Council of National 
Defense will ask his cooperation along definite lines. 
In the meantime, if you will convey the message to 
the Chairman, I will be glad to have him also 
assured that the War Department will be happy to 
call upon him independently of the Council of 
National Defense for such cooperation as specially 
pertains to the military establishment. Until the 
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lines of national action and expenditure have been 
laid, it would in all likelihood be wiser for the Penn- 
sylvania Committee to deal only with emergency 
matters arising- from time to time." 

There are five principal divisions of public safety 
work: Administration, Relief, Equipment and Supply, 
Service and, finally, Transportation. Fifteen Depart- 
ments have been organized under these various divi- 
sions. The administrative head of each Department 
is a Director who reports directly to the Executive 
Committee, but who will have a large measure of 
uncontrolled discretion in shaping the work of his 
Department. One or more Vice-Directors may be 
appointed to serve under him, each being assigned to 
an important subdivision of the departmental activity. 

ADMINISTRATION 

In the Division of Administration are four depart- 
ments: (1) Finance, (2) Publicity and Education, (3) 
Legislation and (4) Allied Bodies. 

1. Finance: It will be the function of the 
Department of Finance to act as a Committee of Way^^ 
and Means and to recommend to the Executive Com- 
mittee all action involving financial policy. The 
Treasurer of the Committee will work in close touch 
with this ^Department. Certified public accountants 
will be retained to open the books of the Committee 
and to determine the principles of accounting which 
ought to be followed. 

2. Publicity and Education: The Committee 
have deemed it advisable to secure the services of an 
expert in publicity work who will give his whole 
time to the service of the Committee. Effectiveness 
will in large measure depend upon the interpretation 

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to the public of the Committee's aims and plans. The 
Committee have accordingly retained, with the ap- 
proval of the Director of the Department, Mr. Ivy L. 
Lee, whose experience and achievements in publicity 
work place him in the front rank of his profession. 
Mr. Lee will act as publicity counsel to the Executive 
Committee and as supervisor of the local staff of the 
Publicity Department, keeping in constant touch with 
every department of activity. 

3. Legislation: Whenever the Executive Com- 
mittee approves a policy or measure which requires 
legislation to give it effective expression, the task of 
framing the appropriate statute and of causing its 
introduction into the Legislature becomes the duty of 
the Department of Legislation. Various measures are 
under consideration by several of the Departments 
which, if approved for adoption, will require the ser- 
vices of this Department. The Department may also 
pass upon proposed legislation in the first instance 
and recommend it for the approval of the Executive 
Committee. 

There has already been referred to the Depart- 
ment a proposed Act entitled "An Act Amending Sec- 
tion 1 of the Act of June 23, 1885, (P. L. 145) entitled, 
'An Act to protect oil, gas and water wells, tanks, 
pipes, and machinery connected therewith and to pre- 
vent wilful and malicious injury thereto;' extending 
the provisions thereof to reservoirs, stand-pipes, pump- 
ing stations, power houses, and other buildings or 
appliances used for the supply of water or electric 
current," drafted by the Local Committee of Public 
Safety in Allegheny County. 

4. Allied Bodies: The function of this Depart- 
ment will be to relate the activities of the Committee 
of f ublic Safety to those of all bodies working in 

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similar fields, including the Public Safety Committees 
acting under the appointment of Governors of other 
States. Co-operative contact is being established with 
local branches of The National Security League and 
other patriotic and defense organizations. It is hoped 
also to establish, as far as possible, similar contacts 
with agricultural organizations, with the State Fire- 
man's Association of Pennsylvania, with Fraternal 
Organizations, with Learned Societies, and with 
Churches and Religious Societies, to the end that the 
State and Nation may have the benefit of the univer- 
sal desire to serve, but with a minimum of duplication 
of effort and resulting loss of power. 

RELIEF 

In the Division of ReUef are two Departments: 
(5) Sanitation and Medicine and (6) Civic Relief. 

5. Sanitation and Medicine: This Department 
will co-operate with the Federal and State authorities, 
with the American Red Cross and with other agencies 
working in the same field. The equipment of base 
hospitals, the supply of ambulances, the furnishing of 
surgical dressings and supplies and many similar ac- 
tivities fall within the Department's scope. As far as 
possible, however, the Department will work through 
the agencies above designated and will supplement 
their efforts only in case this proves necessary. In 
case a day is set apart by the President of the United 
States for raising a large sum of money for necessary 
Red Cross expenses, the state-wide organization of 
the Committee of Public Safety may enable it to be 
of material assistance in this important task. 

6. Civic Relief: Within the scope of this De- 
partment fall all the activities connected with the 
relief of dependent families and all measures neces- 

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sary to be taken in connection with social and moral 
problems that are the incidents of a state of war. A 
detailed plan of co-operation with social agencies and 
social workers throughout the State is being worked 
out by the Director of this Department. The re- 
sources of every social and relief organization will be 
taxed to the uttermost to prevent the recurrence in 
this Commonwealth of the moral evils which else- 
where have proved to be incidents of mobilization 
camps and other centers where large groups of men 
are gathered. There will no doubt also be great 
catastrophes to be dealt with, similar in magnitude 
to the recent tragedy at Eddystone. In such emer- 
gencies it is essential that some one organization shall 
have its representatives upon the ground to act as a 
clearing house of information and to render service in 
co-ordinating the activities of the several relief agen- 
cies without infringing upon the prerogative of any 
of them. It is possible that the Committee of Public 
Safety may prove to be of use in this way. 

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLY 

In the Division of Equipment and Supply are four 
Departments: (7) Food Supply, (8) Materials, (9) 
Industrial Plants, and (10) Motors and Trucks. 

The project of making an industrial survey of the 
resources of the State is one that directly concerns 
the Directors of these four Departments. They have 
accordingly been made a Divisional Committee with 
the duty of reporting to the Executive Committee at 
an early date whether such a survey should be under- 
taken and, if so, what its scope should be. 

The ultimate purpose of the survey would be to 
furnish information to the Federal Government in 
connection with the arming, equipment and mainte- 
nance of a National Army. It is known that the 

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Advisory Commission to the Council of National De- 
fense have made much progress in collecting indus- 
trial data throughout the country. There is some 
question, however, how far those data are in such 
form as to be available for emergency use. Had the 
Commission been in a position to prosecute its work 
for a series of years the results would no doubt have 
been most remarkable. As it is, it may be necessary 
to gather together the maximum amount of informa- 
tion in a minimum of time; and in this service the 
States may be able to render valuable service. What- 
ever is done should be done in close co-operation with 
the Federal agencies. A report on this subject from 
the Divisional Committee may be expected at any 
time. Obviously the making of such a survey is one 
of the most important undertakings to which the Com- 
mittee can address itself. No doubt the valuable co- 
operation of the State authorities will make the task 
easier than it otherwise would be. To do it properly, 
however, will require much well-directed effort and 
will involve a considerable expenditure of money. 

7. Food Supply: It would be difficult to exag- 
gerate the importance of the work to be done in this 
field. It may be that we are facing a serious food 
shortage in the State and Nation. The task of awaken- 
ing the people of the Commonwealth to the serious- 
ness of the situation is closely related to the making 
of wise practical suggestions respecting possible reme- 
dies. These responsibilities the Department is pre- 
paring to undertake. It is hoped that, with the ap- 
proval of the Secretary of Agriculture, statements can 
be issued respecting the cultivation of waste spaces, 
no matter how small, the substitution of necessary 
crops for luxuries, and the elimination of waste in 
food production, handling and consumption. Perhaps 



the most serious aspect of the problem is the shortage 
of agricultural labor. Where, however, the farm and 
the farmer are unable to attract laborers, the appeal 
of patriotism may succeed. A call to men to enlist 
for necessary labor may be made as compelling as a 
call to arms. It is possible that it will become the duty 
of the Committee to make such a call. It is also 
possible that the Committee may be of use in cooperation 
with the local Labor Exchange and with such Agri- 
cultural Intelligence Bureaus as may be developed to 
inform producers of points where their produce is most 
needed and to inform consumers where their needs are 
most likely to be met. 

8. Materials: In this Department falls the im- 
portant task of determining with exactness the avail- 
able resources of the State in minerals and in all 
materials (other than food products) which them- 
selves enter into industrial processes. The equipment 
and maintenance of a National Army of not less than 
a million men will involve an additional drain upon 
supplies of certain classes of materials and the ability 
to mobilize many classes of materials with confidence 
and rapidity. 

9. Industrial Plants: The Industrial survey 
must, of course, take account of the productive capac- 
ity of all the plants in the Commonwealth which are 
or may be engaged in food supply or in the production 
of things needed by an army in training or in the 
field. A large amount of information exists respecting 
the producing power of Pennsylvania in these direc- 
tions, but it is apprehended that much of the avail- 
able information lacks detail which is essential to its 
highest use. It is not enough to know (for example) 
that great quantities of munitions can be produced in 
this State. The question is to what extent weapons 

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can be produced which are in accordance with War 
Department standards and how fast ammunition can 
be supplied which fits the guns with which our 
National Army is to be equipped. There has been a 
vast amount of loose and misleading- talk respecting 
munition production. This must not be confused with 
the accurate and reliable statistics which alone can be 
of use in a real emergency. 

10. Motors and Motor Trucks: In advance of 
the making of an exhaustive inventory of the motor 
resources of the Commonwealth it will doubtless be 
desirable to make a preliminary list of such motor 
vehicles as can be quickly located whose owners are 
willing to give them freely to the Government or to 
pledge their use for a limited time upon condition 
that a reasonable compensation will be paid in the 
event of ultimate appropriation. 

SERVICE 

In the Division of Service are four Departments: 
(11) Civilian Service and Labor, (12) Military Service, 
(13) Naval Service, and (14) Guards, Police and 
Inspection. 

It will be within the scope of the duties of the 
Departments included in this Division to co-operate 
in making an enumeration, census or compulsory regis- 
tration in case the Federal Government puts such a 
responsibility upon the States. The difficulties in the 
way of standardizing a census sufficiently to make 
the work of the several States available for use by the 
Federal Government is a difficulty so great that it is 
to be hoped that only a national census will be taken 
and that it will be directed from Washington. If, 
however, a different policy is adopted, Pennsylvania 
must be ready to do its share and a Divisional Com- 

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mittee consisting of the Directors of the four Depart- 
ments of Service will be charged with this important 
duty. Independently of the making of a census it 
will be the function of these four Departments to 
provide some useful and satisfactory outlet for the 
support of voluntary service which is manifesting 
itself daily on the part of men and women. This 
patriotic impulse must be capitalized for the good of 
the nation. To allow it to spend itself with no definite 
result would involve the loss of a great national asset. 
On the other hand, to attempt to assign at once a 
definite task to each person as and when he volunteers 
is obviously to attempt the impossible. To deal with 
this situation the National Service Reserve is being 
planned and the project has met the hearty approval 
of the Secretary of War. It is proposed that men and 
women shall be given an opportunity to make to the 
President of the United States a pledge of service 
throughout the war within this country or without, in 
any capacity, military or civil, to which the President 
may cause the volunteer to be assigned. 

The volunteer will further agree that a request to 
those engaged in the occupation in which he may be at 
work to continue in such occupation in aid of the military 
efforts of the United States, will be obeyed as the equiva- 
lent of a call to arms. 

Those who make the pledge will be entitled to 
wear chevrons or other insignia indicating that they 
have recorded themselves as ready to serve their 
Country and that, pending a call to some duty other 
than their daily task they are to be classed among 
recruits and not among slackers. 

11. Civilian Service: This Department is con- 
cerned with all non-military activities, both of men 
and women, and will be called upon to study the 
problems of labor supply and mobilization. The 

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proclamation of the President, issued under date of 
April 16th, marks out a field of opportunity for this 
Department, as well as for the Department of Food 
Supply. Both Departments should unite in giving- to 
the proclamation the widest possible publicity through- 
out the State and in presenting to the people of the 
Commonwealth detailed plans and suggestions for 
carrying the President's recommendations into effect. 
The enrollment of women has actually begun in Phila- 
delphia under the direction of the Vice-Director as- 
signed to this duty and through the agency of the 
Emergency Aid Society. It has already been found 
that the patriotic appeal is influential in persuading 
women to earn their livelihood in an indicated field 
of work where their labor is needed rather than in 
some other accustomed field in which their labor is 
not so greatly needed. It is proposed to extend and 
expand this excellent system of enrollment through- 
out the State. 

12. Military Service: Unless Congress rejects 
the President's recommendation, the military policy 
of the country for this war will be based upon the 
principle of compulsory service uniform in its appli- 
cation to all persons of the same class. The Executive 
Committee affirm with confidence that such a system, 
having due regard to the necessity of continuing in 
their present occupations those who can thus render 
their best service to this Nation, is the only demo- 
cratic fair and effective system upon which the defense 
of the country can be planned. To enter this war with 
those only in the ranks whose spirit impels them to 
enlist would mean that only a small part of the Nation 
would be battling for democracy while the masses of 
the people look on. Instead of nationalizing America 
such a policy would foster class spirit and breed 
disunion. All classes must fight as comrades in war 

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time if they are to dwell together in unity in times 
of peace. 

The primary duty of this Department will be co- 
operation with the Federal Government in the creation 
of the National Army. The precise form which this 
activity will take cannot be determined until Congress 
has acted. In any event there must be recruiting for 
the Officers' Reserve Corps and for the camps in which 
applicants for commissions in the corps are ex- 
pected to be trained while the National Army is in 
process of being raised. If it is determined to at- 
tempt to bring the Regular Army or the National 
Guard, or both, up to full war strength an important 
recruiting duty will devolve upon the Committee. 
Once the plan of National Defense has been deter- 
mined by Congress the duties of this Department will 
become active and urgent. 

13. Naval Service: In this Department falls the 
work of recruiting for the Navy, the Naval Militia 
and the Naval Coast Defense Reserve. As far as 
Pennsylvania is concerned the naval activities of the 
Fourth Naval District center at the League Island 
Navy Yard. Every efifort is being made to co-operate 
with those in authority. As yet no authoritative an- 
nouncement has been made of any plan of organization 
or other details respecting the defense of the district. 
This no doubt will be forthcoming in time and the 
work of recruiting can be conducted intelligently when 
it is possible to place before men accurate information 
respecting the service for which they are asked to 
enlist. In Philadelphia recruiting for the Navy is 
under way and also for the Reserve. The Department 
of Naval Service, the Local Committee of Public Safety 
appointed by the Mayor of Philadelphia, the Naval 
Training Association, and the Local Branch of the 
Navy League are co-operating with effect. 

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14. Guards, Police and Inspection: It is impor- 
tant to make provision for guards at specified points 
of danger, for auxiliary police to supplement existing 
forces, and for watching the movements of suspected 
persons and their activities at suspicious places. The 
primary duty of guarding and policing rests, of course, 
upon the local authorities. Where necessary this must 
be supplemented by the service of the National Guard 
and of the State Police. It is not improbable, how- 
ever, that in many localities a home guard will be 
needed in addition to all other forces. The members 
of such an auxiliary force might be sworn in as 
deputy sheriffs or as reserve policemen. Such groups 
are actually being formed in various places, and in 
some instances are under instruction by men detailed 
for the purpose by the commanding officer of the State 
Police who is also the Director of this Department. 
The recent increase in the State Police Force is most 
timely, both because of the great need for added 
strength and also because of the increased number of 
instructors who can now be detailed to train local 
volunteer guards. 

An interesting and important experiment is being 
tried in Philadelphia. The Home Defense Reserve is 
being formed of married men of all ages and of single 
men over forty-five, who are enrolled as auxiliary 
policemen. They are to be under the control of the 
Mayor through the Director of Public Safety. Mobili- 
zation is to be effected from the various police sta- 
tions throughout the City and it is expected that at 
short notice the places of all the regular policemen 
can be filled by trained substitutes, leaving the regu- 
lars free to proceed to any point where an emergency 
requires their presence in force. Particulars respect- 
ing the organization, drill, equipment and mobiliza- 
tion of the force are available. It may turn out that 

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this is the best system of home guards that can be 
put into operation throughout the State. 

TRANSPORTATION 

15. Transportation: In this Department are 
embraced the following: Railroads, Electric Railways 
and Motors and Highways and Waterways. Each of 
these subdivisions will be under the control of a Vice- 
Director, 

The railroad problem is only secondarily a matter 
of State concern. The railroad system of the country 
is to be operated as a unit, and in conformity with 
plans worked out in consultation with the Advisory 
Commission to the Council of National Defense. 
There is not likely to be room for much local assist- 
ance to the Government in this field. 

The problem of transportation by Electric Rail- 
ways and by Motor Vehicles of various sorts is one 
which deserves and will receive careful study. When 
it is remembered that in the Battle of the Marne the 
turning of Von Kluck's flank was accomplished by 
the sudden arrival of a division hurried from Paris in 
taxicabs, the possibilities of motor transportation become 
clear. 

The subject of Highways and Waterways is one 
of great importance. The availability of rivers, canals 
and roads and the solution of various problems con- 
nected with their use are matters requiring serious 
consideration. The condition of the roads throughout 
the State should receive careful study. The extent to 
which the State should postpone till private employment 
is scarce the expenditure of public funds in road-building 
and canal-digging is an economic question of the first 
magnitude. 

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LOCAL COMMITTEES OF PUBLIC SAFETY 

It will be remembered that the plan of org-aniza- 
tion adopted at Harrisburg contained the following 
provision : 

"Local Committees of Public Safety to be 
organized throughout the State, under the direc- 
tion and official leadership of the members of the 
State Committee of Public Safety resident in each 
locality; the activities of these local Committees 
to include the submission of such reports and sug- 
gestions as they may think proper to the Execu- 
tive Committee and to undertake in their respec- 
tive localities such activities as the Executive 
Committee may authorize from time to time." 

The work of dividing the State into suitable dis- 
tricts is not yet complete. The Governor has ex- 
pressed his intention of appointing a local Committee 
of Safety in each of these districts. It is on the co- 
operation of all these local bodies that reliance must 
be placed if the work of the State Committee is to be 
really effective. The disaffection of local Committees 
and entire independence of action on their part would 
be likely to reduce the value of the Committee's work 
to a minimum. 

In an effort to indicate fields of useful activity for 
local Committees a letter was recently sent to every 
member of the State Committee. It is hoped that 
every organization formed in a district in which the 
Governor appoints a local Committee of Public Safety 
will relate itself to that Committee and become a 
branch thereof. In this way the Executive Commit- 
tee of the State Committee will be kept in touch, 
through the local Safety Committees, with every simi- 
lar organization in the State, The task of correspond- 
ing with all Local Committees and the correlation and 
standardizing of their activities bids fair to require 
the entire time of a man of capacity and experience. 

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For this reason the Executive Committee have secured 
the services of Colonel Frederick Taylor Pusey who 
has been assigned for the time being to work con- 
nected with the local Committees and whose effort 
it will be to establish effective communication with them 
all. 

FURTHER REPORTS 
This report, it is hoped, will interpret to the 
members of the State Committee the plans and poli- 
cies which the Executive Committee are striving to 
develop. As the work proceeds further reports will 
be made. In the meantime every member of the State 
Committee should feel that he has a direct and respon- 
sible part to play in providing for the safety of the 
Commonwealth. Suggestion and advice from each 
member are earnestly desired. Members should make 
it their business to call at headquarters as often as 
possible and so keep in touch with all that is being 
done. It may be that the period of stress upon which 
we are entering is to be of short duration. On the 
other hand, we may be facing a long and painful ex- 
perience of the sort that tries men's souls. Whatever 
may be in store for us, we can face the future with 
confidence only in case we are prepared for the worst. 
It is preparation of this sort at which the Committee 

^^^' Respectfully submitted, 

George Wharton Pepper, Chairman 

E. M. C. Africa Allen P. Perley 

W. W. Atterbury James Scarlett 

A. C. Dinkey Arthur W. Sewall 

Spencer C. Gilbert E. T. Stotesbury 
A. W. Mellon Col. L. A. Watres 

Homer D. Williams 

B. F. Jones, Jr., V ice-Chairman 
Effingham B. Morris, Treasurer 
Sydney P. Clark, Secretary 
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